Nothing like thunder for motivation

No storms in the forecast when I left, but there was the unmistakable rumble of thunder when I was a couple miles from the dock. Pretty good motivation to row a little harder on the last leg. The sprinkles didn't start until I was back on the dock and there was no lightning until the shell was on top of the car and I was about to drive home.

Just for fun: A brief history of Concept2 oars
» An excerpt: “1991: The Big Blade is developed at Concept2. This asymmetric hatchet-shaped blade appeared to be 1–2% faster than existing designs and is prominently used during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.” One to two percent faster. So 1m 38s–1m 39s instead of 1m 40s: At the collegiate varsity and Olympic levels, fractions-of-a-second matter.

Looking back
1 year ago: “Living History at Spiegel Grove”
2 years ago: No post
3 years ago: “Painted Lady”
4 years ago: “First sighting in 3 years?”
5 years ago: “From the reservoir”
6 years ago: “[Probably] a broken-down motherboard…”
7 years ago: “Family afghan project…”
8 years ago: “Eastern Pondhawk (female)”
9 years ago: “Lines and flowers”

Rowing stats 9,917m: just short of my usual 10K minimum
(N dock > NW corner > SE corner > N dock)
2,149 in 12:09.1 (2:50.0); 22 spm; 267s; 0 CLAMs
4,258 in 23:59.1 (2:49.4); 22½ spm; 529s; 1 CLAM
3,510 in 19:13.3 (2:44.4); 23 spm; 434s; 2 CLAMs

[ IMG_0913S130x65Atm :: P&S ]

[Mags]

Absolutely! Glad you weren't on the water when the lightening started.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Thunder always scares me when on the water. I guess you got a good work out. It looks still pretty calm in this shot.

[GaryW]

Yep! Thunder gets me in from cutting grass quickly, too! Glad you made it safely.